Olive Branch is a medium-sized city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 21,269 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Olive Branch is the 16th largest community in Mississippi.

Much of the housing in Olive Branch has been built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Olive Branch economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Olive Branch, where the median household income is $55,187.

Unlike some cities, Olive Branch isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Olive Branch are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Olive Branch is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Olive Branch who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.15%), sales jobs (12.76%), and management occupations (12.46%).

For most residents of Olive Branch, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 99.5% of people in Olive Branch drive alone to work on most days, making Olive Branch a very car-oriented city. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Olive Branch's landscape.

Being a small city, Olive Branch does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Olive Branch Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Olive Branch is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 20.83% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Olive Branch in 2000 was $22,680, which is wealthy relative to Mississippi, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $90,720 for a family of four. However, Olive Branch contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Olive Branch is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Olive Branch home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Olive Branch is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Olive Branch include Irish, English, German, Scotch-Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Olive Branch is English.